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National Military
Park 2%
Parks (Other)
4%
Miscellaneous
6%
National Park
22%
National Historic Site
3%
National Seashore
6%
National Recreation
Area 18%
Figure 8.3
Percent of
Recreation Visits by Type
of Unit in 2009.
Source:National Park
Service, Statistical Abstract
2009 (Denver, CO: NPS,
2010).
National Monument
8%
National Historical
Park 10%
National Memorial
11%
National Parkway
10%
lakeshores, monuments, memorials, seashores, and parkways, which encompass more than 84 million
acres of land and another 4.5 million acres of water. Figure 8.3 shows the percent of recreation visits by
type of unit for 2009. The Blue Ridge Parkway (at 15.9 million visits) continued as the most visited unit
of the system, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park continued as the most visited national park
(at 9.5 million). Table 8.3 shows the Top 20 National Park Units by number of visits. The Top 20 total
43.9 percent of all visits.
TABLE 8.3 Top 20 National Park Units for Recreation Visits in 2009
Park
Rank
Visitors
% of Total
Blue Ridge Parkway
1
15,936,316
5.58%
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
2
15,036,372
5.27%
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
3
9,491,437
3.32%
Gateway National Recreation Area
4
9,010,522
3.16%
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
5
7,668,689
2.69%
George Washington Memorial Parkway
6
6,938,309
2.43%
Natchez Trace Parkway
7
5,934,363
2.08%
Lincoln Memorial
8
5,255,570
1.84%
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
9
5,213,030
1.83%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
10
4,437,771
1.55%
Grand Canyon National Park
11
4,348,068
1.52%
Cape Cod National Seashore
12
4,311,949
1.51%
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
13
4,152,497
1.45%
Gulf Islands National Seashore
14
4,132,674
1.45%
World War II Memorial
15
4,118,528
1.44%
Castle Clinton National Monument
16
4,080,152
1.43%
Independence National Historical Park
17
3,967,694
1.39%
Statue of Liberty National Memorial Monument
18
3,829,483
1.34%
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
19
3,751,681
1.31%
Yosemite National Park
20
3,737,472
1.31%
43.9%
Source: National Park Service, Statistical Abstract 2009 (Denver, CO: NPS, 2010).
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